Discovery: Destiny 2 Warmind DLC

Your Comprehensive Guide To The Newest Destiny 2 DLC

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Content is key for any media platform. When it comes to video games, the more playability a game offers, the larger its audience grows, therefore establishing a faithful player base. No other gaming franchise in history has exhibited this better than Destiny.

The online-only multiplayer first-person shooter has achieved the fastest growing community since its 2014 launch. Addictive gameplay, competitive multiplayer modes, and subsequent updates managed to keep the game in heavy rotation for nearly three years, while the developers at Bungie began work on a sequel that improved on every aspect of the original and focused largely on delivering DLC quickly.

Besides launching Destiny 2 to positive reviews and solid sales over the holidays, Activision also gave gamers the opportunity to purchase the title’s first two expansions, which were integrated into Bungie’s all-new ‘Seasons’ system that promised access to these expansions and other updates quarterly. Seasons 1 and 2 saw the deployment of the first expansion, Curse of Osiris, as well as several changes to gameplay. Unfortunately, the updates were met with disappointment due to what gamers felt was a lack of depth, leaving them clamoring for more.

After experiencing a notable drop off in its player base, Bungie went to the community boards and took note of the complaints. The developer has since claimed it’s learned from past mistakes and set out to deliver all the extra content it promised. Judging from what’s been announced, Season 3 will keep players busy and coming back for more over the next few weeks. And it all kicks off with the release of the second expansion, Warmind, due out May 8th.

What’s In The Warmind Expansion?

Curse of Osiris served as an additional chapter to the Destiny 2 campaign. It expanded on the storyline, plus raised the power cap (level 25) and added a variety of fresher bonuses to the sequel. This included new missions, raids, strikes, weapons, and free-roam activities. So, what can gamers expect from Warmind?

An even bigger max level cap and Power level

More weapons and armor including Exotics, as well as a "relic weapon" named The Valkyrie Javelin

New story missions centered around Ana Bray and Rasputin

Hellas Basin: A new Patrol space set within a frozen icecap on Mars

Spire of Stars: New 'Raid Lair' content for the Leviathan Raid that offers players cool rewards

Escalation Protocol: New player-triggered event on Mars where players team up to fight escalating waves of enemies and slay challenging bosses

An additional timed Strike called The Insight Terminus exclusive for PlayStation

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Bungie is also taking a different approach to content distribution regarding its Crucible multiplayer mode. As per the developer’s site:

“Season Three marks the beginning of a new plan for how we deliver Crucible content. For every player of Destiny 2, we’ll be releasing all of the new Crucible Maps being developed for Warmind into matchmaking. The same goes for the maps we released with Curse of Osiris. To keep the community in the Crucible unified, everyone will see new arenas in matchmade playlists like Quickplay, Competitive, Trials of the Nine, Iron Banner, as well as the new weekly rotators that include Rumble and Mayhem. That means more opponents for everyone. With the arrival of Private Matches, players will need to purchase each Expansion to have exclusive access to play those Crucible maps with other players in a private match. This plan goes into effect on May 8 with the beginning of Season Three.”

Bungie believes its Season 3 phase will provide enough content to appease its habitually starving community. The promise of even more updates for future seasons shows that Destiny 2 is primed to keep gamers preoccupied throughout the rest of 2018 and early 2019.

What The Future Holds For Destiny 2?

Bungie recently shared its roadmap for Destiny 2, confirming newer updates for Season 3 (Summer ’18) and Season 4 (September ’18). The second half of Season 3 will bring forth a new seasonal event, faction rallies improvements, bounties, PC Clan chat, and exotic armor sandbox changes. Season 4 looks to add gear collections, records, weapon slot changes, weapon randomization, and more. Lucky for you, all these perks will be unlockable over the next two quarters.

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How Much Will It Cost?

One of the cool things about owning Destiny 2 is having the ability to extend gameplay via the Expansion Pass, which is sold separately from the game and includes two expansions for $34.99. No extra fees. No surprise changes…for now that is. Those who’ve already picked up the Expansion Pass have instant access to Warmind the day of launch. Everyone else, well, you can still buy it and own all the game’s DLC at the same price tag. Destiny 2 as a standalone purchase retails for $59.99.

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